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Task force to probe inferior products
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 15/02/2025
» The Commerce Ministry has set up a task force to intensify market inspections of substandard products across the country.
Employers urge new debt measures
Business, Lamonphet Apisitniran, Published on 15/09/2023
» The new government should speed up efforts to reduce high household debt and help middle-income earners, not only farmers, as the former are also shouldering huge financial burdens, says the Employers' Confederation of Thai Trade and Industry (EconThai).
Hire-purchase lenders call for rate hike
Business, Somruedi Banchongduang, Published on 11/07/2023
» The Thai Hire-Purchase Association (THPA) has asked the Office of the Consumer Protection Board (OCPB) to increase the maximum interest rate for hire-purchase loans as the business is being affected by rising rates.
SEC confiscates assets of Stark
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee & Nareerat Wiriyapong, Published on 08/07/2023
» The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has moved to confiscate the assets of Stark Corporation, as well as those of the company's largest shareholder and some former executives allegedly involved in falsifying accounts, in addition to prohibiting them from travelling abroad.
Household debt, bad loans to hit finance firms
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee, Published on 24/06/2023
» Rising household debt and non-performing loans (NPLs) are going to hurt listed companies in leasing, hire-purchase and finance because they are drag on the economy and lower consumer purchasing power, says an analyst.
Commerce Ministry steps up efforts to stamp out smuggling
Business, Phusadee Arunmas, Published on 22/06/2023
» The Commerce Ministry is intensifying its efforts to improve supervision of agricultural product imports to combat smuggling.
Irate Thai tourists seek tour refunds
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 19/08/2022
» Holidays to South Korea have been thrown into upheaval after 67 Thai tourists filed complaints with the Tourism Department, urging tour operators to provide them with refunds of 1.4 million baht in total after entry into the country was denied.
TCT unveils rescue plan for unlicensed small hotels
Business, Narumon Kasemsuk, Published on 13/08/2022
» The Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT) has come up with a solution to help cash-strapped unlicensed small hotels whose assets may be confiscated due to excessive banking debts.
SEC prepares wallet for digital assets
Business, Nuntawun Polkuamdee and Darana Chudasri, Published on 24/03/2021
» In collaboration with 14 state agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is planning to create a "government digital wallet" to store all digital assets seized or frozen by the state as proceeds of crime in order to make the assets more secure.
NT may ditch 700MHz range over viability worries
Business, Komsan Tortermvasana, Published on 09/03/2021
» National Telecom (NT), a merged unit of TOT and CAT Telecom, is weighing whether to abandon the 700-megahertz frequency range CAT won from last year's 5G spectrum auction by forgoing the licence payment following its concerns about the viability of moving into the 5G business, says a source close to the NT board who requested anonymity.